Name not reported

A fifteen-year-old Black boy, whose name the sources do not give, was being held in Asheville, Alabama, when a crowd took him from the custody of the sheriff on February 20, 1893. The New-York Tribune reported in September of that year that he was hanged and his body was riddled with bullets.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• New-York Tribune, September 23, 1893, page 6 New-York Tribune, September 23, 1893